“I tried from June until August to get him to make it right, and he never did,” she said of Schreiner. “He said he was surprised to learn the check bounced and that he would send another. Of course, it never came.”

Another disputed livestock transaction led Schreiner in 2009 to file a small claims suit against Steven Searcey of Lampasas, who had supplied exotics for sale at auction at the YO Ranch.

Schreiner claimed he was owed $9,500 for eight Nubian ibexes, plus the cost of a fence to hold them, but conceded in his hand-written pleading, “I owe him for three Nubian males that were part of deal.”

Searcey got the case transferred to Burnet County where, records show, he won a default judgment on a counterclaim for about $1,085 in attorney's fees when Schreiner failed to appear at trial.

“I'd gone hunting on his ranch and knew he was in the exotics business and thought, 'He's with the famous YO Ranch,'” Searcey said. “I thought he was a good guy.... I learned not to do business with Walter Schreiner.”

In another case filed before a Kerr County justice of the peace in 2004, Schreiner was accused of stiffing a Temple man who sold him collectible books, valued at $758.

The case was dismissed in 2009 for want of prosecution.

“I paid him, but it was late,” Schreiner said.

Schreiner said late Tuesday that he would send checks to Davis and the sheep dealer to settle their claims.

Davis isn't holding his breath.

“Absolutely not,” he said when asked if he expects prompt payment of the $42,375.